Combined mosquito-bar frame and canopy



O. P. HOWE.

COMBINED MOSQUITO BAR FRAME AND CANOPY.

Patented Jan. 24,18 8 2.

' NHED STATES PATENT CHARLES P. HOWE, OF'GALVESTO N, TEXAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,769, dated January24, 1882.

Application filed July 9, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

. tracting the canopy.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and substantialconstruction of frame for supporting the mosquito-bar that will admit ofready application to and removal from the bedstead, and also to providea simple and effective arrangement of cords to the mosquito-bar, wherebyit may be-easily extended over .the bed or folded out of the way by theoccupant of the bed, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of amosquito-bar frame constructed according to my invention and applied tothe head-board and posts of a bed; and Fig. 2, a plan view of the frameinverted, showing the arrangement of cords for expanding and folding thecanopy.

The canopy-frame may be applied to any bedstead of ordinaryconstruction. For the sake of illustration, a part of the head-board Aand posts B of a bed only is shown.

To each of the posts B may be secured the uprights D in any suitablemanner. In this instance the uprights are passed through loops E,secured to the posts, and are stepped upon bolts E, driven into theposts, that engagein slots in the lower ends of the said uprights, bywhich means the uprights may be readily applied to and removed fromthebedstead.

The mosquito-bar frame F is of rectangular shape, and is made of fourpieces joined at their ends by threaded bolts K, screwed into the upperends of the uprights D, that pass through the meeting ends of the backpiece, F, and side pieces, F, of the frame, and by means of nuts L clampthe said pieces together, and also serve to partially support the rearend of the frame.

To render the supportmore permanent, without preventing the frame piecesfrom being readily folded together when taken down, the frame isprovided with brace-arms M, hinged to its side pieces, F F, that engageat their free ends with notches in the supports l), and when not in usemay be folded parallel with the side pieces of the frame. The said sidepieces are united to the front piece, W, of the frame by eyebolts N,that pass through their meeting ends, and not only serve to hold theframe-pieces together, but afford simple means for connecting the framewith eyesp upon the ends of guide-rods P, to which the canopy or nettingmay be connected. The rods P are provided with similar loops, 1;, attheir rear ends, that are passed over pins p in the uprights D.

The upper edges of the netting that forms the canopy are secured torings 1' 1, that slide upon the bars P P, and is at its frontedgesecured to a rod, S, that extends across the frame, and is attached tothe bars P by eyebolts s, by which means it may slide backward andforward upon the guide-bars beneath the frame, and carry with it theentire nettingformiug the canopy, to eitherexpand orfoldit.Thisoperation is performed by a novel arrangement of cords, whereby theoccupant of the bed may be enabled to move the canopy in eitherdirection whilelyingin bed,andin the followingmanner: The cord 1 isattached at its ends to the ends of the rod S,and passed back uponopposite sides of the frame, one end passing through the metal loop Ionly, and the other end passing through theloop 1 and thence across therear barof the frame to and through the loop 1*. As the cord 1 from bothsides of the frame passes through loop 1, by pulling upon its doubledend the bar S may be pulled back from a position near the head of thebed. The cord 2 is attached at both of its ends to the ends of the rodS, one end passing through the loop 2 upon the front cross-bar of theframe, and crosses to the other end of the bar and passes through theloop 2 from thence to the rear of the frame and through a loop, 2. Theother end of the cord is attached to the nearest end of the bar S, andpasses through the loop 2 thence back to the rear of the frame alongwith the other end of the cord, just described, and then through theloop 2 on the rear cross-bar of the canopy-frame, so that by pulling thedoubled ends of cord 2 the bar S may be drawn from the back to the frontof the frame.

The method of folding and expanding the canopy-netting by theabove-described means will be readily understood, although I will give abrief explanation of the same.

By pulling on the connected ends of the cords 2 at the head of thebedstead the bar S will be moved along the brace-rods P to the foot endof the canopy-frame, carrying with it the mosquito-net, and allowing thesame to be drawn over the foot and sides of the bed. By drawing on thecords 1 where they are connected together below the eye I at the head ofthe bed, the bars can be moved back to the posts D, and the mosquito-netthrown over the headboard out of the way.

It will be seen that the canopy is composed of fonr bars rigidly unitedat their angles,and that this frame is rigidly bolted to the ends of theposts D. It will also be seen that the props or bl aces P for said frameserve as guides and supports for the bar S in addition to the stays M.The cords by which the net is spread out over the bed and drawn up outof the Way The combination, with the rectangular detachablecanopy-frame, of bolts K, rigidly securing it to the posts D D, thefolding bracearms M, the inclined guide-rods P, connected to posts D andalso to eyeholts at the outer ends of the canopy-frantic, the bar 8,adapted to slide on the said inclined rods P, and cords 1 and 2,arranged in the manner and for, the purposes described.

Witness my hand and seal, at the city of Galveston, this 13th day ofMay, A. D. 1879.

CHARLES P. HOWE. [L. s.] Witnesses:

G. A. MEYER,

FRANK FABY.

